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Did you know there was a video game about a traveling bookstore? That was today’s surprise for me. Just another wonder when set up at the Overlea farmers market.

All things print When Thomas Little gave a presentation in Baltimore this summer, he spoke about the importance of ink. How everyday we use ink whether we are reading something physically printed like a book or new…

travelingbookstore.wordpress.com/2025/10/23/a... thoughts from this morning before I looked at the news.

So glad over 7 million took to the streets. But obviously we still need more.

Passing on skills to younger generations. Essential for both the skills and the conversations that happen in the process.

Maryland Humanities’ One Maryland One Book has “Kin: Rooted in Hope” as the 2025 selection. Great choice! Has so many people discussing the ideas and history. Get a copy. #mdhumanities #OMOB

Wednesday during rush hour, no one is taking a nap. Instead we are out on the streets protesting. #baltimore

I want to think children reading holds hope for the future.

Times shift It is one of those mornings when I could write pages about the traveling bookstore and life, but I will try to keep it contained. Let’s start with upcoming bookstore events: Tuesday, Septembe…

Updates on events and other parts.

Lots happening with the traveling bookstore. Fortunately a Portland friend came to visit. We experienced the Maryland Center for History and Culture, and American Visionary Art museum. Protested with a Wednesday group. Made turmeric anthotypes. Photo of part of that process.

September happenings The month is starting with a bang as the weather is lovely and perhaps schools back in session encourage people to think more about books. Upcoming traveling bookstore events in the next few weeks …

More from a traveling bookstore owner/operator.

Vance is such a joke. Can he go anywhere without armed guards? Does anyone really like him?

Anthotype Let’s start with a summary of upcoming bookstore events so you don’t miss out. I imagine you might need more books by this point in the summer, and we all could use some good conversati…

Update from Baltimore where thankfully we don’t have troops at the moment.

This is so unacceptable.

So many stories I suppose it is no surprise I am completely enamored with stories. Not only do I have a traveling bookstore that contains volumes of stories (plus all the other ones sitting in boxes and shelves in…

With all the hard things happening, a joy to attend a naturalization ceremony. travelingbookstore.wordpress.com/2025/08/13/s...

Why do you keep doing it? Brooklyn Book Festival, 2016 I often get asked this question after someone has asked me how long I’ve been doing the traveling bookstore. It has been on the road eleven years now. I keep doin…

All sorts of ways to help- like encouraging people to read with their kids, or grandkids, or neighbor kids.

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How can we possibly think about it all? Politics democracy Gaza art healthcare SNAP Ukraine literacy climate
#art #hope

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A hard day with that bill passing. We won’t give up. We won’t step back.

July is International zine month and the traveling bookstore now officially carries zines. Check it out along with awesome used books, ink made from guns and bookstore swag. Setting up July 5 from 8:30-12:30 at Overlea Farmers Market in Baltimore.

Sweltering Being based out of Baltimore now gives me opportunities to expand my weather-related vocabulary. When I lived in northwest Montana, if I wrote about the weather, it often described the depths of wi…

There’s always a story. Hopefully we remember the valuable ones.

Part of letterpress print show going up at @redemmas.org August 6 in Baltimore. Will hang for a month. Check it out. @redemmas.org is a great bookstore/cafe so stop by. Opening for show is 8/6 from 5-7pm.

Missed standing up in Lincoln County but taking a stand here in Baltimore with a group

Power of people Baltimore, Maryland June 14, 2025 June 14th was a remarkable day as millions of people across the US and other countries took a stand with their bodies and signs and voices and feet and filled the …

A Sunday to reflect.

So glad to be in Baltimore and see this protest filled with hope, concern and so many people!

Literature and letterpress. Margaret Atwood and provisional press.

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A wet week in Baltimore…

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If you need a break to smile even briefly, letterpress print on bubblewrap and listen to the sounds.

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Trying to give perspective to the long bookstore tour while preparing for summer events. And trying to survive the political chaos in the US and not feel daunted. travelingbookstore.wordpress.com

Back in Baltimore after nearly two months, 8,800 miles on the road transversing the US with the traveling bookstore. Quite the experience - encouraged to meet so many readers, see so many demonstrations in small towns and cities, and be welcomed in different communities.

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Just pulled into Oklahoma. A new state for the traveling bookstore. Hope to see you Sunday 5/4 at The RoadHog Saloon in Afton.

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More than midway thru Spring 2025 traveling bookstore tour. Will set up LA Times Festival of Book 4/26-27, then on to Denver, OK, TN, NC and VA. With summer, the bookstore sticks around Baltimore! travelingbookstore.wordpress.com